Toronto streetcar loops

Toronto streetcar loops are the termini for streetcar routes on the Toronto streetcar system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Unidirectional streetcars require track loops in order to change direction. Besides short off-street track loops these can also be larger interchange points, having shelters and driver facilities, or be part of a subway station structure. Streetcars also often take a longer loop around city streets; notable at Church Street, Parliament Street and Shaw Avenue.

Contents 1 Current loops 1.1 Bathurst Station Loop 1.2 Bingham Loop 1.3 Broadview Station Loop 1.4 Charlotte Loop 1.5 College Loop 1.6 Dundas West Station Loop 1.7 Dufferin Loop 1.8 Earlscourt Loop 1.9 Exhibition Loop 1.10 Fleet Loop 1.11 Gunns Loop 1.12 High Park Loop 1.13 Humber Loop 1.14 Kipling Loop 1.15 Long Branch Loop 1.16 Main Street Station Loop 1.17 McCaul Loop 1.18 Neville Park Loop 1.19 Oakwood Loop 1.20 Queen-Coxwell Loop 1.21 Queens Quay and Spadina Loop 1.22 Roncesvalles Loop 1.23 Spadina Station Loop 1.24 St. Clair Station Loop 1.25 St. Clair West Station Loop 1.26 Sunnyside Loop 1.27 Townsley Loop 1.28 Union Station Loop 1.29 Wolseley Loop 1.30 Woodbine Loop 2 Former loops 3 References 4 External links

Current loops

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Bathurst Station Loop

Bingham Loop

Location: Kingston Road and Victoria Park^[1]

Coordinates:

Functions: Eastern terminus for 502 Downtowner and 503 Kingston Road

Facilities: Shelters

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: TTC bus routes 12 Kingston Rd and 22 Coxwell

Broadview Station Loop

Charlotte Loop

Location: Street loop on Charlotte Street between Adelaide St and King St^[2]

Coordinates:

Functions: Return loop for southbound 510 King

Facilities: None

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: None

College Loop

Location: Street loop on College, Dundas and Lansdowne

Coordinates:

Functions:

Facilities: None

Passenger use:

Connections: None

Dundas West Station Loop

Dufferin Loop

Location: Dufferin Street at the Dufferin Gates

Coordinates:

Functions: During the EX, it becomes a fare-paid area. Formerly the terminus for the 522 Exhibition-West route from Dundas West Station, via the tracks on Roncesvalles, King and Dufferin.^[3] Although the tracks remain, it is not regularly used by streetcars, but it may be used on a non-scheduled basis to adjust service.^[4]

Facilities: Ticket booths, turnstiles, control tower (all seasonal use)

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: TTC bus route 29 Dufferin

Earlscourt Loop

Location: Southwest corner of St Clair and Lansdowne

Coordinates:

Functions: Terminus for 512 Lansdowne

Facilities: Driver's cabin

Passenger use:

Connections: TTC bus route 47 Lansdowne

Exhibition Loop

Fleet Loop

Location: Fleet Street and Lake Shore Blvd West^[5]

Coordinates:

Functions:

Facilities: None

Passenger use: No

Connections: None

Gunns Loop

Location: St. Clair Avenue at Gunn's Road (formerly Maybank) west of Keele Street.

Coordinates:

Functions: Western terminus for 512 St. Clair

Facilities: Shelter

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: TTC bus route 71 Runnymede

High Park Loop

Location: High Park on the west side of Parkside Drive at Howard Park Avenue

Coordinates:

Functions: Western terminus for 506 Carlton

Facilities: Public washrooms and shelter

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: None

Humber Loop

Location: South of The Queensway, west of the Humber River.^[6]

Coordinates:

Functions: Short turn for 501 Queen, terminus of 501 Humber, also originally the zone limit.

Facilities: Enclosed waiting room and staff facilities.

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: TTC bus route 66A

Kipling Loop

Location: West side of Kipling Avenue, north of Lakeshore Boulevard West

Coordinates:

Functions: Short turn loop for 501 Queen, former New Toronto Loop

Facilities: None

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: None

Long Branch Loop

Location: North side of Lake Shore Boulevard West, just west of Brown's Line

Functions: Western terminus for 501 Queen and 508 Lake Shore and 301 Queen Blue Night streetcar

Facilities: Shelter

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: TTC bus routes 110A/B Islington South, 123 Shorncliffe and MiWay (Mississauga Transit) bus routes 5/5B and 23

Adjacent to Long Branch GO Station^[7], which is a stop for GO Transit trains running between downtown Toronto and points further west.

Main Street Station Loop

McCaul Loop

Location: East side of McCaul Street, a block north of Queen Street West. Enclosed loop at Village by the Grange mixed use development.^[8]

Coordinates:

Functions: Western terminus for 502 Downtowner

Facilities: None

Passenger use: No

Connections: None

Neville Park Loop

Location: Queen Street at Nursewood Road,^[9] just west of Victoria Park Avenue

Coordinates:

Functions: Eastern terminus for 501 Queen

Facilities: None

Passenger use: No

Connections: None

Oakwood Loop

Location: North of St Clair Avenue West between Oakwood Avenue and Robina Avenue

Coordinates:

Functions: Short turn loop for 512 St. Clair streetcar and terminus loop for TTC rush hour bus route 63A

Facilities: None

Passenger use: No

Connections: None. Stops are located on St. Clair and on Oakwood

Queen-Coxwell Loop

Location: Northwest corner of Queen Street East and Coxwell Avenue

Coordinates:

Functions: Short turn loop for 506 Carlton

Facilities:

Passenger use: No

Connections: None

Queens Quay and Spadina Loop

Location: Northeast corner of Queens Quay and Spadina Avenue

Coordinates:

Functions: Return loop for southbound 510 Queens Quay and Spadina

Facilities:

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: None

Roncesvalles Loop

Location: Through the carhouse trackage at Roncesvalles and The Queensway

Coordinates:

Functions: Turn around for westbound 504 Roncesvalles cars.

Facilities: None

Passenger use: No

Connections: None

Spadina Station Loop

St. Clair Station Loop

St. Clair West Station Loop

Sunnyside Loop

Location: North side of The Queensway at Sunnyside Avenue, just west of the Roncesvalles carhouse

Coordinates:

Functions: Short turn for westbound 501 Queen cars along The Queensway

Facilities: None

Passenger use: No

Connections: None

Townsley Loop

Location: The loop is at northwest corner of Old Weston Road and Townsley Street, north of St. Clair Avenue West.^[10] The streetcar tracks were removed and the loop was repaved during the upgrade of the 512 St. Clair right-of-way in 2010.

Coordinates:

Functions: Terminus for TTC bus route 127

Facilities: Staff Facilities

Passenger use: Yes

Connections: None

Union Station Loop

Wolseley Loop

Location: Bathurst Street north of Queen Street West

Coordinates:

Functions: Loops from northbound to southbound only

Facilities: Driver cabin

Passenger use: No

Connections: None

Woodbine Loop

Location: Northeast corner of Queen Street East and Kingston Road

Coordinates:

Functions: Short turn for eastbound 501 Queen

Facilities: None

Passenger use: No

Connections: None

Former loops

Name	Location	Status
Asquith Loop	Church St. north of Bloor St. E.	later bus loop, now redeveloped
Avon Loop	Weston Rd. & Rogers Rd.[11]	later trolley bus loop, now bus loop
Bedford Loop	Bloor St. W. & Bedford Rd.	partially redeveloped, partially parking lot
Bicknell Loop	Rogers Rd. & Bicknell Ave.	belongs to the City of Toronto[11]
Birchmount Loop	Birchmount Rd. & Kingston Rd. [12]	redeveloped
Caledonia Loop	St. Clair Ave. W. & Station St.
Christie Loop	Dupont St. & Christie St.	redeveloped
Danforth-Coxwell Loop	Danforth Ave. & Coxwell Ave.	was part of Danforth Carhouse property; now redeveloped
Erindale Loop	Broadview Ave. & Erindale Ave. north side of street, opposite parkette	redeveloped
Ferry Loop	Queen's. Quay W. west of Bay St.	also known as Ferry Docks Loop
Gilbert Loop	Eglinton Ave. W. & Gilbert St.
Glen Echo Loop	Yonge St. & Glen Echo Ave.	redeveloped
Hillingdon Loop	Danforth Ave. & Hillingdon Ave.	was part of Danforth Carhouse property
Hillside Wye	Hillside Ave. & Lake Shore Blvd. W.	paved over in 2002
Jane Loop	Bloor St. W. & Jane St.	now redeveloped
Keele Loop	Keele St. north of St. Clair Ave. W.	redeveloped
Keele Stn. Loop	Indian Grove & Bloor St. W.	redeveloped
Lawton Loop	north of Yonge St./Lawton Blvd. intersection	parkette
Lipton Loop	Lipton Ave. & Pape Ave.	now buses only, part of Pape Station
Luttrell Loop	Danforth Ave. west of Victoria Park Ave.	redeveloped
Main Loop	Main Street north of Danforth Ave.	rebuilt into Main Street Station Loop
Mt Pleasant Loop	Eglinton Ave. E. & Mount Pleasant Rd.	later trolley bus loop, now used only by buses
Mutual Loop	Mutual St. & Queen St. E.	redeveloped
Moore Park Loop	Mount Pleasant Rd. & St. Clair Ave. E.	Loring-Wyle Parkette
Park Loop	Bloor St. W. & High Park Ave.	park of High Park
Parliament Loop	King St.	later bus loop only; now redeveloped as part of a car dealership
Prescott Loop
Royce Loop	Lansdowne Ave. & Dupont St.	redeveloped
Runnymede Loop	Dundas St. W. & Runnymede Rd.	later trolley bus loop, now bus loop
Simcoe Loop	Front St. W. & Simcoe St.	redeveloped
St. Clair Carhouse Loop		also known as Wychwood Carhouse
St. Clarens Loop	St. Clarens Ave. & Davenport Rd.
Terauley	Bay	bus loop only
City Hall	Louisa, James & Albert Streets
Vaughan Loop	north of Bathurst St./Vaughan Rd. intersection	redeveloped
Viaduct Loop	Bloor St. E. & Parliament St.	parkette
Vincent Loop	across from Dundas West Station
Woodbine Stn. Loop	Cedarvale Ave. & Strathmore Blvd.	part of parking lot beside Woodbine Station

References

External links

• TTC Toronto Track Diagram 1966
• Toronto Transit Commission Track Diagram 1973
• TTC Streetcar Track Map (1995)

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